Do you dream of owning your own chopped-up, body-free Miata? This 1993 Mazda Miata has shed all needless metal and is advertised for $1200. The seller says it runs and drives fine. Forum member captdownshift had a solid suggestion: "Add Paco suspension and budget boost for some epic fun."
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chrispy
HalfDork
1/24/18 11:57 a.m.
It's local enough to me that it showed up on the FB Marketplace last night for $1080! Located in Inman, SC.
how flexy is a miata chassis without the doors? seems like it would be a good idea to throw some tube were the doors use to be. also a front tower strut bar seems like it wouldn't hurt
i dig it
prime sloppy 13b hand me down swp it is soo tempting.
Driven5
SuperDork
1/24/18 6:02 p.m.
I don't get the fascination...My only interest in that would be putting it out of it's misery and using it as a single-vehicle Locost donor.
Neat but no kart buggy miata yes though.
jdoc90
New Reader
1/24/18 7:40 p.m.
It is a locost !!!! lol Bare bones fun , cheap, good thrift ,What more would you want ? Some truck bed liner spray , and the right altitude and wheels ......
te72
New Reader
1/24/18 8:07 p.m.
Looks like it could use a healthy dose of POR15, but apart from that, I'm sure it'd be fun.
At a minimum, I would add some NASCAR style door bars, both for rigidity and you know, not being tossed out the side. =P
Looks like a $1500 Miata that someone sold $1800 worth of parts from and is now trying to unload what's left. ;-)
Ian F
MegaDork
1/25/18 10:22 a.m.
"street legal" could depend a lot on where you live. Sure, it could be titled easily enough, but I am 99.9% certain no inspection shop in PA would put stickers on that.
The car in the ad looks fun, but it also looks really structurally handicapped. A few well-placed bits of tube would go a long way.